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Meanings of cringe in English
Catalan
arrossegar-se Synonyms
Examples for "shrink"
Examples for "shrink"
1
But perhaps money market funds need to shrink for the greater good.
2
As a result they no longer work and they start to shrink.
3
Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today.
4
Its economy is expected to shrink this year due to austerity measures.
5
Investors paid up for companies that did not shrink potential future production.
1
However, the Vaqueros didn't flinch and drew within seven points at intermission.
2
She had never seen him flinch from the dangers his research entailed.
3
They didn't even flinch at the gunfire, just kept right on coming.
4
Erius gave no sign that he'd heard, but Tobin saw Korin flinch.
5
He took a step forward, but stopped when he saw her flinch.
1
The chap in the near-by funk hole began to amuse me now.
2
From the opening dialled-up funk salvo of Music: Response I was hooked.
3
The funk does half the business in a man of that build.
4
Major misstep: an inexplicable lack of Brazilian favela funk tracks about butts.
5
Two days later, I'm still in a funk about my roommates' gay-bashing.
1
Kiril fought a sympathetic wince; they were neither of them young anymore.
2
It embarrassed the Collector; the girl did not so much as wince.
3
Often, she saw him wince, and she asked him concerning his expressions.
4
Tania had added more Tabasco than usual today, but Celeste didn't wince.
5
I wince, remembering a time when I was held down and forced.
1
She said, 'I suppose there will be a certain amount of recoil.'
2
This was a good weapon, well-balanced, large trigger, rubber grip, short recoil.
3
The recoil would bury it in the earth if they tried that.
4
But I was ashamed to recoil in the presence of the hunter.
5
Some recoil in terror before that test; others, feeble and affrighted, vacillate.
1
The quail on the side-hills were still sounding the clear water call.
2
Others ran up the mountain-side, and cowered in the brush like quail.
3
And Paul was not the most daring cock quail in the stubble.
4
Again he heard the distant report of the shot-gun from the quail-hunters.
5
A quail whistled from the tangle of blackberry briars by the roadside.
1
Just saying that name makes my lips squinch up like I ate something bad.
2
She's no soft-heart to squinch at the sight of blood, and that sort of foolery.
3
They used to talk 'bout ha'nts and squinch owls.
4
Okada rose and bowed his squinch-owl bow.
5
That there's what comes o' being so dad-blame' hongry that ye can't squinch fair atween the gun-sights.
Usage of cringe in English
1
It's not great either, but it's far from an entirely cringe-worthy catastrophe.
2
I used to cringe whenever his name came up in history class.
3
They will make you cringe, cry and not question making better choices.
4
What is meant to look macho is actually the cringe of panic.
5
Within the treasure cards deck, there are three cringe-inducing Waters Rise cards.
6
Inwardly, I cringe at the news that the Germans are faring well.
7
When it comes to changing the more cringe-inducing names, climbers are split.
8
They'd have to receive him after that; they would cringe to him.
9
Dad's brow furrowed and I could tell that he wanted to cringe.
10
WITNESS This is the track you heard on that bizarre, cringe-worthy video.
11
Her subjects cringe at her feet covered with the dust of obedience.
12
And we cringe, and we crawl, and are led by the nose.
13
Other voices joined in, until the place seemed to cringe in torment.
14
You can decide, is this one EVEN more cringe than their debut?
15
JHUD responded to that cringe-worthy line with a few of her own.
16
Viewers appear to have found the blunder both hilarious and overly cringe.
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